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"chase" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often pursue (6 letters).
Definitions
To pursue or run after.
Word origin
Perhaps from French châsse (“case”, “reliquary”), from Old French chasse, from Latin capsa. Doublet of case, cash, and chasse.
Used in a sentence
“Some children like to be caught when playing chase, and others do not.”
“So we played chase up and down the concourses of the airport.”
“As touching the Harte and such other light chases or beasts of Uenerie, the huntesmen on horsebacke may followe theyr houndes alwayes by the same wayes that they saw him passe ouer,”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Pursue”5 letters
02“Run after”5 letters
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